Bromate intoxication: hairdressers' anuria.
A 17-year-old hairdresser developed sodium bromate poisoning after drinking a cup of hair neutralizer in a suicide attempt. She presented 1 week later with anuria, required hemodialysis for 5 days, and subsequently recovered. Sensorineural hearing loss, often a characteristic finding, was absent. Early diagnosis of bromate intoxication requires an appreciation that it commonly occurs in hairdressers, may be accompanied by deafness, and may present with insidious anuria.
Kutom
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Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612.
Bazilinski
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Magana
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Dunea
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D000293:Adolescent; D001002:Anuria / Q000139:chemically induced*; D001959:Bromates / Q000506:poisoning*; D001966:Bromine / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006203:Hair Preparations / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
D001959:Bromates; D006203:Hair Preparations; D001966:Bromine